Erastians
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The followers of Erastus. The sect obtained much influence in England, particularly among common la-wyers in the time of Selden. They held that offenses against religion and morality should be punished by the civil power, and not by the censures of the church, or by excommunication.
Wharton.